Now TEAM ANNA realises their limitations.TOO much fasts unrelenting attitude felt by the people undemocratic movement.Opposition attitude towards LOKPAL clearly exposed in RAJYASABHA. 187 amendments placed to put obstacles and hardships. Even the so called genuine TMC put amendment in the name of federal structure contrary to Team Annas Views.BJP infront of cameras teaches but never practises.So they realise anti Congress stance wont help.They introspect come with novel ideas with some flexibility.

4:14 pm January 6, 2012

Rajan Alexander wrote:

Our suggestions:

a. If IAC is truly a people’s movement, stop being a project of PCRF! Establish a new trust called IAC and transfer funds parked in PCRF to this new trust.

b. Drop the discredited from IAC - Arvind Kejriwal; Manish Sishodia; Kiran Bedi; Prashant Bhushan etc. These individuals have become a total liability to the movement. If the cause is bigger than individuals, then these individuals should disassociate themselves from the IAC and the IAC from them.

c. Broaden the movement by bringing more sections of civil societies within its umbrella such as important groups like NCPRI

d. Drop the confrontationist, blackmailing and abusive tactics; adopt moderation. Remember, notwithstanding blips, India shuns extremism and that is why the likes of BJP sit in the opposition.

e. Accept that legislation is a process and the first priority is to have a Lokpal Act, however imperfect it is, but which could be incrementally strengthened, if needed be, over time and this would be IAC’s role in future - to ensure the progressive effectivity of the Act

f. It is a gross disservice to both Gandhiji and Anna to project the latter as a Gandhi. Anna is no Gandhi and to project him as one amounts to making him a fraudster and subject him as an object of ridicule. Anna should be projected as just Anna. While the likes of Arvind Kejriwal; Manish Sishodia; Kiran Bedi; Prashant Bhushan are discredited, Anna still command a modicum of public respect.

g. Stop the religious symbolism; jingoism and supra nationalistic undertones of the movement. This is a distraction and even a subversion of the touted objective of the movement - anti-corruption.

h. Establish transparent accounting not the opaque practices of PCRF. These norms should go beyond that statutory compliance. Adopt full disclosures of donors even if their contribution is less than Rs 10,000. Give their full contact addresses

Why did not congress add CBI under Lokpal perview? Is it not misusing CBI?

5:03 pm January 6, 2012

raj wrote:

mr kejriwal if tou people are really against corruption, then you should campaign against all corrupt candidates irrespective of which political party they belong to, because what money congressy netas have earned in last 50 years of ruling bjp leaders have earned in just 5 to 10 years of satta, so such double standards wont get much responce in politically mature and educated states like maharashtra, southern states, gujrat,punjab and ...

5:51 pm January 6, 2012

Pothan Chandran wrote:

Anti corruption movement being peoples fight against their own representatives, collective and vicious, dishonesty it can not die but It will kill the perpetrators in the near future more certainly than ever before. Poor turn out in the Bombay rally organised by Anna is no indication that people are resigned to their faith, as some disparate group wish . The victims, people are, and strike back they will decisively at right opportunity...

1:58 pm January 7, 2012

naveen wrote:

this fellow anna is a 7th class pass truck driver who is been in the fast business for a long time , some
people in bombay know his tactics for quite some time now , so the flop show , he has been pojected as some kind of gandhi , and the media is totally responsible for such massive propoganda ,beater luck next time , now comes the news , hindu 7th jan pg 13 ,that anna is being accused of corruption by an organisation ,with respect to some 4 ngo that he runs , now so much for his anti coruption drive , oh : i forgot this man also believes in flogging people who drink , so all companies associated with alcohol are done ,

1:40 am January 8, 2012

Arun Rawat wrote:

Anna's team bring India to 1 Year Back (Progress wise)

If we count in Sector of FDI than we have gone 150 years back

11:15 am January 12, 2012

gaurav wrote:

We are all with Annaji in the fight against corruption.... No negative propoganda against Annaji can work, if Janlokpal bill doesn't comes... The issue of corruption has to be attended very seriously by the Govt.....But, if it only concentrates on beating the messenger and fooling the people, i m afarid it won't work.... Time for some concrete action against corrupion by the Indian Govt. or else.......

3:04 pm January 13, 2012

N Gulati wrote:

Indian media is pro establishment and for the last few months carried out smear campaign at the behest of its masters. Low turnout in Mumbai gave them a nice reason to declare Anna a flop like Baba Ramdev. While there are corrupt in all parties the share of Congress is maximum. None can deny this. Cogress logic is if you stole your classmates pencil in school than you cannot question them. Media highlights small things but hides the scams of UPA. Has media written a word against Sheila Dixit, Digamber Kamat, SM Krishna.

6:37 pm January 13, 2012

r,s,sharma wrote:

anna's intention r pure and fine,unfortunately he has been hijjacked by power hungary chaps like kejriwal, kiran bedi, who've an eye on 2014 congress ticket. people say they r paid to divert anna from ramdev, that's why anna who was an admirer of narendra modi was made to speak against him.anna hazare doesnt need people as hindu r muslim, he needs them against corruption only. then why do these chaps give their so called secular image.that was whypeople distanced in december from anna.

2:58 pm January 22, 2012

J Welch wrote:

It is pity that so many articles, including WSJ, focus on intentions of Anna and others. Sensational news about news. No real issues covered.

The real issue is government corruption and how it destroys India's entrepreneurs and exhausts India's poor. Very few journalists in India write about that!!

Yeah, covering real issues is hard work and requires investigative courage. But then, Watergate and historic journalism came from such hard work and personal courage.

WSJ forum can be more than a tabloid from India. No?

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